[HillRat]

To be fair, the line about "Act in Netflix's best interest" seems to apply to expense account reporting (http://voiceglance.com/netflixs-anti-establishment-pro-cash-...), which seems like a reasonable rule. On the other hand, your basic critique rings true: everything I've heard about Netflix's internal culture -- or, to be precise, how Netflix likes to position its internal culture -- seems a little too self-consciously "high speed, low drag," to the point where even the laudatory article I linked to admits that "workers feel legitimately afraid of losing their jobs at all times." Yes, Netflix is full of amazing engineering challenges, and I'm sure compensation is excellent, but I doubt you can underestimate the psychological toll of working in an environment that makes stack-ranking look like a union shop.